The District Department of Transportation Urban Forestry Administration asked us all to water the newly planted street trees in Southwest and Southeast. DC planted them along the streets, and the trees have green plastic watering bags around them. Water can be added by pouring it in slits under the labels […]
Blind Whino: Southwest’s Newest Art Hub
The visual overhaul of the old Friendship Baptist Church on the corner of Delaware Ave and H St SW has Southwest residents excited. A group of artists assembled by Ian Callendar of SuiteNation and Shane Pomajambo, Executive Director of Art Whino, renovated the church in March 2013. Named Blind Whino, […]
July Community Meeting: Be Careful What You Wish For
During July’s community meeting keynote speaker Marc Weiss explained how a series of community development projects that the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly undertook lead to not only a revitalized Southwest, but also a revitalized city. He reviewed how in 1998, the Assembly gained control of the eminently historic Syphax School. Then in a […]
Southwest Real Estate Update
We are starting to see just a bit of pull back as a handful of numbers are down. One might suggest that the rising interest rates could be the case for the adjustment. If you look deeper into the numbers you will see the units sold is almost identical to […]
Oops, Is that Your Poop?
On Saturday, July 13th, Paws of SW, the local community group formed to help bring a dog park to SW DC, organized a “Poop Patrol and Neighborhood Trash Pickup.” Members of the group met at the SW Duck Pond at 6th and I St to start the morning off with […]
Fighting the “New Jim Crow”
Westminster DC, 400 I St SW, will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting at 7:00pm on Thursday, August 1st to hear from civil rights attorney Phil Fornaci about the recent report on “Racial Disparities in Arrests in the District of Columbia (http://www.washlaw.org/pdf/wlc_report_racial_disparities.pdf).” The report is from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee […]
August Community Calendar
AUGUST THURS 1 @ 3-4 P.M. SCIENCE IN THE SUMMER, How do magnets work? What makes electricity? SW Neighborhood Library, 4th-6th grades. Phone: 202-724-4752 FRI 2 @ 6:30 P.M. Potluck, 7 P.M. Games. St. Augustine’s Game Night. Bring a potluck dish to share. Board and card games provided, but feel […]